Huawei

New rule sets stage for banning risky technologies from government supply chains

This new rule gives the Federal Acquisition Security Council the ability to tell contractors when to exclude or remove a product deemed risky.

Acquisition Policy

Cloud computing is the next line in the competition with China

Cloud Computing

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After the Huawei and ZTE bans, what’s next for China trade policy

Cybersecurity

Inside the FCC decision to ban sales of Chinese-made telecom gear

Technology

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Supply chain intel directorate aims to inform procurement ‘risk calculus’

Inside the IC

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Task force on supply chain will make recommendations for 2022 NDAA

Congress

TSA looking to hire thousands of new airport screeners

Federal Newscast

Dana Deasy Department of Defense, Chief Information Officer, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, May 07, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

Pentagon says it’s working now to make sure JEDI hits the ground running

DoD Reporter's Notebook

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus talks on his smartphone as he walks past a Huawei store in Beijing, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. China on Wednesday demanded Washington stop

Agencies, contractors get more time to purge Chinese-made telecom gear from supply chains

Federal Newscast

In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, photo, visitors tour an exhibitor booth with a 5G on display at the Smart China Expo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The World Bank and a Chinese Cabinet agency have urged Beijing to roll back plans for government-led technology development that are fueling a tariff war with Washington. (Chinatopix via AP)

Rise of 5G drives intelligence community to refine cyber threat information sharing practices

Cybersecurity

A Huawei sign is displayed on their premises in Reading, England, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Britain's government on Tuesday backtracked on plans to give Chinese telecommunications company Huawei a limited role in the U.K.'s new high-speed mobile phone network in a decision with broad implications for relations between London and Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

ODNI allowing agencies to delay implementing new Chinese equipment ban

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei says its 2019 sales rose 19.1% over a year earlier despite U.S. sanctions that hampered its smartphone and network equipment businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Ban on Chinese products starts today despite confusion over acquisition rule

The interim rule implementing Section 889 of the 2019 NDAA takes effect Aug. 13 requiring agencies to add a provision to all new task orders and solicitation…

Acquisition Policy

Deadline to cut federal ties with Chinese telecom companies fast approaching

Thursday brings the statutory deadline for contractors to certify they comply with law banning telecommunications equipment from certain Chinese companies.

Technology

Ban on Chinese made telecom equipment starts soon

Technology

The ban on federal contractor use of certain Chinese made equipment is getting to be something of a nightmare for some.